Henry Thorau

Henry Thorau held the Cátedra Carolina Michaelis de Vasconcelos for Portuguese Cultural Studies and directed the Portugal Centre at Trier University from 1996 to 2017. He is professor emeritus of Brazilian and Portuguese Cultural Studies and is regarded as a leading scholar of Brazilian drama. He served as vice president of the German Association of Lusitanists from 1997 to 1999 and as its president from 1999 to 2003 and from 2009 to 2013. Thorau translated and edited, among other works, writings by Augusto Boal on the Theatre of the Oppressed. His publications include the monograph “Unsichtbares Theater” and the edition “Teatro Negro. Sechs afrobrasilianische Stücke.”